Chapter 390: Obtaining the Position of Leader

He proposed to Lu Bu to form a coalition army, and euphemistically expressed that he hoped to be the commander of the coalition army, and then Lu Bu happily expressed his firm support for General Shang!

Lu Bu is still a bit self-aware, knowing that even if the coalition is formed, the commander of the coalition cannot be himself. Although the name of Lu Bu's God of War is widely spread among the aborigines because of the players, after all, there is nothing to take out. As for the record, relying on the player's one-sided words alone is not enough to convince the public.

In addition, this time Lu Bu's headquarters only has 50,000 soldiers and horses, and he can't overwhelm everyone at all. Since he has no hope of being the commander of the coalition forces, he naturally chooses someone who is close to him to be the commander!

Compared with Chun Yuqiong, who had never met in person, it was obviously more in Lu Bu's interest to choose a merchant.

After Lu Bu was easily dealt with, Shang Ji quickly contacted Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei.

In order to keep in touch with Liu Bei in time, Shang Ji sent envoys to Liu Bei's army to be responsible for the communication between Shang Ji and Liu Bei.

The envoy relayed his ideas to Liu Bei, and then Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan discussed and decided. In essence, Liu Bei persuaded Gongsun Zan to support Shang Ji!

Liu Bei's headquarters has fewer soldiers and horses, only a mere 20,000 people, which is considered the weakest of the five reinforcements, and naturally has no hope of competing for the position of leader. It means that Gongsun Zan can barely earn a living, but Gongsun Zan's hope is not great. After all, meritorious service, official position, prestige, and army are all crushed by Shang Ji.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Liu Bei to send back news that Gongsun Zan also supported Shang Ji as the leader of the alliance and presided over the crusade against the moth thieves.

The three routes of reinforcements were dealt with easily and happily, leaving the most rare route of the imperial court.

In order to show his sincerity, Shang Ji took Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, and Lu Bu, who was doing nothing, along the way, and went straight to Chunyuqiong's troops with 10,000 black-armored black knights.

Chunyuqiong was surprised by Shang Ji's arrival, but she still warmly and solemnly entertained the group.

Although Liu Hong showed great fear of Shang Ji before, but the current situation has deteriorated to such an extent that no one can say what the fate of the Han Dynasty will be. Offended merchants.

At the banquet, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Shang Ji slowly proposed to form a coalition army, and all ministries coordinated their advances and retreats to fully support Lu Zhi's plan.

Chun Yuqiong naturally agreed with the formation of reinforcements. After all, without a unified planning and command, Zhang Liang would easily seize the opportunity to defeat the 800,000-odd army one by one. Although Chun Yuqiong didn't have a high strategic vision, at least he wasn't stupid, and he understood such a simple truth.

However, as Shang Ji expected,

Chun Yuqiong also has thoughts about the position of the leader of the coalition forces!

It is normal to have thoughts, but it is not right to have no thoughts.

In any case, he is the commander of an elite army of more than 800,000 people. Although he is only a commander in name, it also makes many people drool. What's more, Chunyuqiong also has a natural status advantage - he represents the central army of the imperial court, so he is naturally more qualified than local county soldiers like Shang Ji.

But since Shang Ji came to him, he naturally has a trump card.

"Since General Chunyu intends to be the leader of the alliance and lead the various ministries to fight against the moth thieves, we naturally dare not refuse!" Shang Ji first got up and bowed, and then continued: "Ran Ji led his troops on an expedition, fighting thousands of miles, all the way. There are more than a million moth thieves, but the imperial court does not support a grain of food or a piece of armor.

Now Ji's troops are short of food and grass, and their armor is broken. The soldiers have nothing to do with their blood for serving the country, but there is no food or equipment to use. Now that the general is the leader of the alliance, I ask the general to show mercy and bestow food, grass and weapons so that the headquarters can continue to serve the imperial court! "

"General Mingjian, Buzhi's troops have been out of food for three days, if there is no more food and grass relief, a catastrophe may happen!"

Seeing Shang Ji crying poor, Lu Bu immediately understood and quickly followed.

Chunyu Qiong looked at the two shameless people in front of him, wishing he could slap them to death!

I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen such shameless people!

The armor is broken and the food and grass are not enough. Do I really think I didn't see the 10,000 well-equipped and murderous troops outside the camp? This is how your army has no food and no equipment! There is a shortage of money and food, and you can still pull out 300,000 elite cavalry? I really think I'm stupid!

Suppressing his anger, Chunyu Qiong squeezed out a smile and said, "Don't worry, you two. As long as you kill the moth thief, I will be the two of you to ask for credit from His Majesty. At that time, do you want any rewards?"

"Your Majesty sees that rewards and punishments are clearly defined in Wanli, so we will naturally know about it. However, food shortage in the army is imminent. Without food and grass relief, it may not survive for seven days. Once the army is completely out of food and troubles arise, even if the army is powerless, it will be powerless!"

Shang Ji's face was full of distress, as if he was really poor enough to be a pair of pants.

"Why don't I support General Shang with 500,000 yuan and General Lu with 100,000 stones of food and grass first?"

Chunyu Qiong said weakly.

But this was exchanged for the contempt of Shang Ji and Lu Bu.

"The general kindly accepts it, but the 500,000 grain and grass can only support the consumption of Ji's troops for two days. Please ask the general to allocate more!"

Shang Ji is not talking nonsense, the consumption of food and grass by Shang Ji's army is really similar to what he said!

300,000 fierce soldiers, each of whom was a terrifying pot-bellied man, had a meal of at least two catties of polished rice, one catty of beef and mutton, and some fruits and vegetables by the way.

But compared to humans, the real consumption is the horses!

The 300,000 high-quality war horses needed an astronomical amount of food and grass every day, and the 500,000 shi of food and grass would be consumed in almost two days.

Chunyuqiong also knew the terrifying consumption of high-ranking troops, otherwise she wouldn't appear so unconfident.

It's impossible to just ask him to provide more food and grass. All the logistics of the army led by him are provided directly by Luoyang, but they are only supplied according to the scale of 200,000 northern troops, and there will be nothing more!

The promises to Shang Ji and Lu Bu had already been squeezed out by him through gritted teeth. Although he himself and his Chunyu family were rich and well-off, how could he subsidize the imperial army with his own money? It is good enough not to deduct the soldiers' salaries and food, but it is impossible to expect him to pay them back!

Chunyu Qiong's face suddenly became gloomy, the matter was already obvious, if he wanted to be the leader of the alliance, he had to come up with a sufficient amount of food and grass, otherwise Lu Bu and Shang Ji would not give up after seeing their posture.

Even if Chunyuqiong gritted his teeth and took out the food and grass from his own pocket, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan would definitely have to bleed again. Is a leader in name only worth the price?

After thinking about it for a while, Chunyu Qiong still chose to give up: "The general is joking, the general is famous, he has the merits of fighting in battle, and he is even the prefect of Liaodong, the general of the gangsters, no matter what, the leader of the alliance needs a general! "